Latest London News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/locations/london-news/rss Nick Dawe 2010-09-13T08:29:18Z Dig This! UCL masters students at the Geffrye Museum http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/050513-Dig-This-Geffrye-museum-garden Masters students from the UCL Institute of Archaeology are collaborating with the Geffrye Museum on an exciting project about gardening and happiness in the urban home. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-09T13:57:17Z UCL Festival of the Arts: Q&A with Professor Jonathan Wolff http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/290413-UCL-Festival-of-the-Arts With the UCL Festival of the Arts running from 7 - 17 May, UCL News spoke to Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy), Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, about the festival, and the importance of celebrating the arts at the time when many courses at other institutions are under threat. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-04-29T13:59:29Z Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/190413-sounds-of-ucl-winners-panoramas What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL. RSS Feed Lara J Carim 2013-04-19T07:48:00Z From Austen to French cinema: UCL celebrates the arts http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/150413-UCL-festival-of-the-arts Join UCL in a ten-day celebration of the arts that will give the public a chance to experience, explore and engage with the latest research. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-04-15T13:04:42Z UCL PhD researcher strikes gold in Parliament http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/180313-UCL-PhD-students-present-science-at-Parliament Joanna Brunker, a PhD student in the UCL Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, struck Gold at a competition in the House of Commons, for the excellence of her Biology research, walking away with a £3,000 prize yesterday. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-16T14:34:26Z UCL Friends of MSF charity run http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/270313-MSF-Charity-run On Saturday 16th March 2013, over 300 individuals took to the paths of Regent's Park running either 5km or 10km in aid of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-27T14:47:28Z Formal opening of UCL Academy http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/19032013-UCL-academy-opens A unique partnership between a school and one of the world’s leading universities is being celebrated today at the formal opening of the UCL Academy, the first school in England to have a university as a sole sponsor. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-19T10:40:47Z Most extraordinary materials on earth housed in new Institute of Making http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/130312-most-extraordinary-materials-on-earth-housed-in-new-Institute-of-Making This week the Institute of Making opens at UCL giving a permanent home to the Materials Library, a collection of the most unusual materials in the world, and the MakeSpace, the ultimate making workshop.  RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-03-12T14:46:10Z Exhibition explores different perspectives of Iraq war on 10th anniversary http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/130312-iraq-war-exhibition An art exhibition opening this week at UCL brings together six works by artists from Iraq and Britain to explore different experiences of the Iraq war on the 10th anniversary of the invasion. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-12T10:34:52Z UCL project uncovering hidden gems in Slade Archive http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/130308-Slade-Archive-project A new project between the Slade School of Fine Art and UCL Centre for Digital Humanities is exploring and mapping hidden gems from the Slade Archive.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-08T16:43:01Z UCL Library Services help launch new Wellcome digitisation project http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/130304-UCl-library-services-digitisation-project UCL Library Services is working with the Wellcome Trust to collect together the papers of the pioneers of modern genetics through a new digitalisation project. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-04T15:13:55Z Flaxman Exchange offers new perspectives on UCL collections http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/130304-flaxman-exchange A unique collaboration between UCL Art Museum and performance artist Marcia Farqhuar will explore the UCL Flaxman Gallery and the stories connected with renowned neoclassicist John Flaxman. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-04T09:29:21Z City layout key to predicting riots http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/210213-predicting-riots In the future police will be able to predict the spread of riots, and how they impact on cities, thanks to a new computer model.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-02-21T14:12:51Z Vote for the Petrie in Museums at Night competition http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/19022013-Petrie-Museums-at-Night-competition The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology has been nominated in the Museums at Night Connect10 competition, an initiative designed to find the inspiring after hours cultural events in museums, galleries and heritage sites around the UK. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-02-19T16:41:57Z UCL joins forces with London Wildlife Trust http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/15022013-UCL-partner-London-wildlife-Trust UCL has become the first university to sign up for corporate membership of London Wildlife Trust. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-02-15T11:27:09Z